Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.